Friday, October 25, 2013

Peugeot 205 T16

GroupB the very name sends tingles through the nervous system of all true
petrolheads. The closest thing us mortal drivers can get to one of these insane
monsters is also the reason why they were allowed to compete in the first
place, homologation. That means 200 had to be built by the factory and sold. Now in Peugeot’s case it was the 205 T16. Although
apart from the name, the front lights and maybe some of the interior this car
bears virtually no resemblance to the car on which its based upon.

Now
let’s get down to the nitty gritty, the T stands for Turbo, the 16, well 16 valves
meaning a 197bhp out of a 1.8ltr engine
mounted in the middle of the car (the rally car had over 450bhp) getting that
power to the road with a four wheel drive system. Resulting in a two seat
pocket rocket that could reach 130mph and 0-60 in 6.4s, fast by today’s
standards. Oh and there’s that clamshell rear just to put the icing on the
cake. The car below was at the resent Manchester Classic Car Show and was just
an awesome machine to behold.